Preston County Narrowly Favors Liquor Stores Vote
In Preston County 50 of 33 precincts reported a close outcome with 3,179 in favor of liquor stores and 3,036 against. Kingwood led with 1,007 for a store and 417 against, while Aurora and Egton showed mixed results. overall wet supporters held a slight majority, keeping one store in Kingwood and two agencies in Mason Town and Terra Alta.
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Preston County
Kingwood W
Masonstown
Terra Alta
Aurora
Egton
Kingwood
Howesville
New Constable Chosen To Succeed Mike Gozik
Samuel Paul Jones of Flemington was named by the Taylor county court yesterday to fill the unexpired term of Mike Gozik who resigned weeks ago. The TM meeting also decided to sponsor a federal music project with no court responsibility.
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Samuel Paul Jones
Flemington
Taylor County Court
Mike Gozik
Beer Place Burns Huntington in Blaze
Fire destroyed Arthur Vinson's recently opened beer establishment in Huntington as flames swept through the building on August 4. Firefighters battled the blaze to prevent spread to neighboring properties.
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Huntington
Arthur Vinson
Accused Check Forger Nabb ed by Police
Harrison Lipscomb a 22 year old from Knottsville road is jailed without formal charges. He confessed to finding a Taylor County Board of Education check, signing it with his name and cashing it for six dollars at the O J Morrison store. Lipscomb, son of Lena Posten of New Geneva Pa, had been living with the arter family while working in the county for a dollar a day. Police await a conference to lodge charges as state police and store managers decide next steps.
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Harrison Lipscomb
Knottsville Road
Taylor County Board of Education
O. J. Morrison
Lipscomb
Lena Posten
New Geneva
Arter
L. W. Emrick
State Police
C. H. Deem
Emrick
Drunk Is Well Treated By Police Chief and Mayor
Grafton police chief A. E. Lockard arrested a man for drunkenness and let him ride to jail in the cruiser. Mayor E. O. Waugh then released the same man to go home with a promise to pay a $5 fine on Friday after payday. Tony Trosky of 208 Front Street was arrested following a family quarrel. His wife and child awaited him in court.
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A. E. Lockard
Grafton
E. O. Waugh
Tony Trosky
Front. Street
Trosky
Fireman Dies in Wheeling After Serving as Pallbearer
Lieutenant William G. Schell, 55, died of a heart attack while responding to fires. Firemen who rode to the blazes with him served as his pallbearers in Wheeling on August 4.
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Wheeling
William G. Schell
Schell
Jersey City murder case tied to family tragedy
Gladys and Wightman are held on murder charges as the body of Gladys mother Helen, 47, is prepared for burial in New Brunswick. Prosecutor Daniel T. O Regan says death penalty consideration possible for both suspects if evidence warrants. Funeral crowd disrupts service as police clash with onlookers and a hose is used to deter trespassers.
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Gladys
Daniel T. O'Regan
Wightman
Jersey City
Helen
Canada
Bathurst
New Brunswick
Fueral
William Burns
Pickets Block Goods From Philadelphia Mill Train
In Philadelphia a group of striking workers sat on a railroad track to stop two carloads of finished products from leaving the mill. The engine tooted, backed up, then the workers sat again as darkness fell. A night crew remained on duty to deter further attempts to move the goods.
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Philadelphia
WIFE SLAYER continued at Sherman's trial scene
Norman Perry reports on the case of Sherman who is awaiting execution for drowning his wife Alice at Lake Singletary near Worcester on July 20 1935. Esther Magill 18 of Whitinsville is described as the unwitting motive per state. Chief Justice Arthur P. Rugg denied a stay.
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Norman Perry
Esther Magill
Whitinsville
Sherman
Arthur P. Rugg
State Supreme Court
Alice
Lake Singletary
Worcester
Miss Magill
Dreiser
Budget Changes Raise Police Funds and Cut Hospital Plans
The city increases spending from 500 to 1000 for the coming year while police funding remains unsettled. Fire department salaries drop from 5000 to 4200 though equipment allowance stays at 1000. A 7500 hospital appropriation is cut, leaving 15000 in the fund. County court debates levy to fund a future hospital, with officials weighing a 7500 addition to reach 22500.
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Fred L. Fox
Taylor County Court
Harvey Poe
Harvey Scranage
Opha Bartlett
James C. Holt
Taylor County Board of Basics
Huge Timbers Fall on Man at Minds Coal Mine
Clerice Yeager, 29, was crushed while unloading timbers at Hickory Ridge No. 6 mine, Minds Coal, near Holly River in West Virginia. He died within minutes as a log rolled onto him, pinning his head and crushing his skull. He lived in the Holly River area about sixteen miles from Sutton. Relatives were being located.
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Wesster Springs
Clerice Yeager
Hickory Ridge
Minds Coal Mining Corporation
Yeager
Holly River
Sutton
L. J. Wachner
Elk River
Goodyear X Conquers In Match Balloon Race
In Towanda Pennsylvania on August 4 the Goodyear X balloonist team Frank Trotter and John Rieker won a match balloon race against the Great Lakes Exposition. They landed three miles east of Leroysville Bradford county after about 14 hours five minutes, roughly 60 miles east of Niles valley Tioga county, where they beat the opposition by an hour and 20 minutes.
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Towanda
Pennsylvania
Cleveland
Frank Trotter
John Rieker
Leroysville
Bradford County
Niles Valley
Tioga County
Astor Testimony Sparks Dramatic Courtroom Duel
Miss Astor faces cross examination as findings about Dr Thorpe, George Kaufman and a diary loom. Attorney Narlin vows sensational disclosures and subpoenas to reveal alleged motives and secrets behind divorce and custody in the ongoing suit.
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Merton
Miss Astor
Astor Sharp
Anderson
Dr. Thorpe
Marylyn
Narlan
John Barrymore
Astor
Heneiwriti
Crisis in Red Spain Spurs Madrid Fight Across Front
Rebels press Madrid from north and south as Moroccan and German forces move toward the capital. Loyalists clash in mountain passes. Franco allies seen aiding in the push. France seeks a three nation non intervention accord while Spain seizes key rail corridors to choke rebel logistics.
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Red Russia
Spain
Madrid
Straits of Gibraltar
Dandaria
Burgos
Gijon
Popular Front
Somta Sierra
Guadarramas
France
Tangier
North Africa
Ceuta
Francisco Franco
Spanish
Morocco
Deutschland
Luchs
Ittalian
Rome
Italy
Germany
Great Britain
Russia
Paris
Hitler
Il Duce
Zaragoza
San Sebastian
Jose Giral Pereira
Gibraltar Straits
Balearic Islands
Huesca
Barcelona
Sastago
Spetamo
Mallorca
Palma
Alicante
Aragon
Crash Injury Report From Elk River Road
Hospital attaches said Frank Wallace suffered a possible fractured skull in an automobile crash on the Elk river road near Charleston on August 4.
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Charleston
Frank Wallace
Elk River
Labor Day Plans Formed by Tri County Labor Union
The Tri County Central Labor union met at the VFW hall on East Main Street to organize Labor Day events. Representatives from Preston Barbour and Taylor counties attended, with talks by D A Nilan of Piedmont and William Hussion of Baltimore and Ohio. a six member committee was named to run the September 7 picnic and a nationally known speaker is being sought. A special August 19 meeting will finalize plans. About 100 members attended.
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Tri-County Central Labor Union
Veteran of Foreign Wars
East Main Street
Preston
Barbour
Taylor
D. A. Nilan
Piedmont
Nilan
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
William Hussion
Baltimore and Ohio
Fairmont
V. F. W Hall
Youth in Serious Condition After Tragic Riverside Dive
Eyewitnesses recount a boy named Wilson diving from a bank into the river, losing use of arms and legs. Galen Nighe pulled him from the water before Bartlett Ambulance rushed him to hospital where doctors diagnosed a serious paralytic condition. Wilson is the son of Mrs Esta Wilson of Rivesville and was with Marion Thrash Venetva Fortney Pauline Hall and Nighe when the accident occurred. Mayor E Otto Waugh and city officials arrived as the ambulance departed and speculated on potential neck injury from the impact. Condition today remains not much improved.
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Wilson
Galen Nighe
Bartlett
Esta Wilson
Rivesvile
Marion Thrash
Venetva Fortney
Pauline Hall
Nighe
E. Otto Waugh
Landon Urges Kansas Business-Farmer Cooperation
In a radio talk Governor Landon urged Kansas businessmen to work out practical plans with farmers to avoid sacrificing valuable breeding animals by sending them to market. He framed cooperation as essential to the state's agricultural and economic strength.
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Landon
Kansas
Barbour Plans 8 Month School Term for Barbour County
Barbour county board of education, after guidance from state superintendent W W Trent, proposed an eight month school term for the coming year. Estimates project tax funding of 4577 dollars for teachers salaries and 51589 dollars for maintenance and building reconstruction, subject to about eight percent reduction due to the shorter term.
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Philippi
W.W. Trent
Barbour County
Farm Debt Relief Cuts West Virginia Burden
The resettlement administration reported a reduction of 205,594 in West Virginia farm debt from September 1935 to June 30 this year. Adjustments affected 288 of 758 cases totaling 1,001,361, scaled to 795,767 after voluntary committee work, with 18,781 in taxes paid. National total shows 33,906 distressed farm debt cases adjusted, reducing 25,861,936 from 102,108,451 originally.
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Washington
Resettlement Administration
West Virginia
Budget of 1.15 million eyed for Huntington schools
Superintendent R B Marston announced a 1 152 059 budget for Huntington schools calling for higher teacher pay and lower maintenance costs, to go to the education board for approval.
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Huntington
R. B. Marston
The
Education Board
Stop at Muller's Filling Station for Service
Simeone offers wash and greasing at Muller's filling station during the journey from July 27 to August 1 with daily service available on July 28 29 30 31.
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Muller
Simeone
Former Local Mantis Dead
Funeral services were held in Pittsburgh for John Moran Sr. 82, a former Grafton resident who died after a lingering illness at his home 735 North St. Clair. Requiem was at Sts. Peter and Paul Church. burial in a nearby cemetery. He was a Bethlehem Steel traveling representative with many trips to Grafton. Survivors include widow Annie Beale Moran two sons Frank Moran and John Moran Jr. three daughters Helen Rhodes Irene Moran and Antionette Moran a brother Frank Moran and sister Miss Jane Moran of Wheeling and nieces Miss Marjorie Moran and Miss Angela Moran of Washington Street.
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Pittsburgh
John Moan, Sr
Grafton
North St. Clair Street
Church of
Sts. Peter and Paul
Bethlehem Steel Company
Michael
Mary Moran
Annie Beale Moran
Frank Moran
John Moran, Jr
Helen Rhodes
Irene Moran
Antionette Moran
Jane Moran
Wheeling
Marjorie Moran
Angela Moran
Washington Street
Landon Goes Home to Vote in Kansas Primary
Gov Alf M Landon returns to Independence, Kansas to cast his ballot in the state primary. He visited editor William Allen Waite and prompted a town welcome as voters decide nominees for the U S Senate Arthur Capper governorship and seven state house seats. Capper faces Nieberger and Stout in the Republican race.
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Emporia
Kas
Alf M. Ladon
Independence
Kansas
William Allen Waite
Arthur Capper
Landon
House
Will G. West
Senator Capper
Walter Niebarger
H. L. Stout
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Strand Theatre
Lionel
Barrymore
Devil Doll
Lon Chaney
Max Kayoes
Louis
Schmeling
Roosevelt
Quebec
Lord Tweedsmuir
Goodyear X
Mary
Hagan’s
Grafton Drug & Chemical
W. Main
Glenn Bettr
Whitescarver Building
Main St
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Goodyear
Jarvis Tire Service
Beech Street
Good House Cheap
Brands Feed
Remington
Ray Umc
John Moran, Sr
Grafton Drug & Chem
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